Great Society Programs
Poverty
Tax Reduction Act
Individual income tax rates were cut across the board by approximately 20%. In addition to individual income tax cuts, the act slightly reduced corporate tax rates and introduced a minimum standard deduction.
Cut corporate and individual taxes to stimulate growth
yes
Medicare Act
Established Medicare and Medicaid programs
Yes
Discrimination
Civil Rights Act
A landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Yes
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Abolished the poll tax in federal elections.
yes
Environment
Water Quality Act
Required states to clean up their rivers
I dont know
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice.